John Key says National will build more state houses and stick with Labour's policy of income-related rents. More of the state competing with the private sector, more incentivising low incomes with means-testing. Away from an ownership society and personal responsibility. More ghetto-isation. More state redistribution.As a man with considerable wealth why doesn't John Key build homes for the poor? That would be more in keeping with the civil society, private charity ideas he has been pushing of late. Policy-wise, I find Mr Key all over the place.
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Am I the only one waiting for Blair Mulholland to leave the National Party and join ACT? Again?
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Great, real competition. Two Labour parties competing with each other as to how much socialism they can promise.
It is a country that expects socialism and has a 'what's for me ' attitude toward electing goverments, so they only way to win is to pander to the basest expectations.
"Policy-wise, I find Mr Key all over the place."
He seems quite consistently left-wing to me.
"Am I the only one waiting for Blair Mulholland to leave the National Party and join ACT? Again?"
He's just announced that he's not re-upping his membership...heh!
You can only settle for so much crap before any principle you have remaining rebels
On the other hand, he's wiping out the negative "headline" issues that Labour manipulate the media on. Remember their "National Party eviction notice letters" that scared the sh*t out of the elderly? The media didn't seem too concerned with the story - they were busy milking the shock horror story that the EB published - wait for it - a political pamphlet.
Once Key has neutralized the things that pull on the heartstrings of the swing labour voters by assuring them that the "far right" of National isn't that scary, he can lay out some decent significant policy that can swing the boat around.
At least, that's what I am hoping.
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